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Proceedings Name: Review of Agency Responses to Auditor General Reports
Commencement Date: 09 May 2013
End Date: 30 Jan 2017
Proceedings Status: Past
Committee Name: Public Accounts Committee (2013 - 2017)
House: Legislative Assembly
Media Statements: No Media Statements released
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Background

On 15 May 2003, the Public Accounts Committee of the 36th Parliament tabled Report No. 5,
The 2001-2002 Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General: A Performance Review. Among other things, the Committee recommended that all government agencies subject to a Performance Audit by the Auditor General should be required to report to the Public Accounts Committee within 12 months of the tabling of the Auditor General's Report. The reporting should provide details of the implementation of the Auditor General’s recommendations.

The Public Accounts Committee wrote to all Government Ministers and Directors General to inform them of the requirement to report to the Committee, and received favourable responses. The Auditor General also welcomed the Committee’s initiative, which ensures that there is improved accountability to Parliament.

Follow-up process

The Public Accounts Committee of the 37th Parliament resolved to follow up the progress of government agencies in implementing the Auditor General’s recommendations, based on the procedure established by its predecessor. The Public Accounts Committees of the 38
th and 39th Parliaments (the latter being the current Committee) have similarly resolved to continue the follow-up process based on the established procedure.

The general procedure observed by the current Committee is as follows:


1. The Auditor General tables a Performance Audit report relating to a particular agency.
2. After considering the report, the Committee requests the agency to provide a report within 3 months regarding progress on the implementation of the Auditor General’s recommendations.
3. The Committee considers the agency’s response and may forward it off to the Auditor General for further comment. Should the Committee require additional information it may write again the agency concerned or organise a public hearing.

On completion of its follow-up process, the Committee will table a report in the Parliament. This report may make recommendations in relation to an agency’s implementation of the Auditor General’s recommendations. The responsible Minister will have three months to respond to the Legislative Assembly in relation to any Committee recommendations.


The Committee may also, from time to time, adopt aspects of this follow up process to question agencies that have been the subject of repeat qualified opinions in the Auditor General's Annual Audit Results Report.

DateTimeVenueOrganisationWitnessBroadcastVideo
16 Oct 201309:45 AMDepartment of Housing (Housing Authority)
26 Feb 201410:00 AMMeeting Room 2Department of Health and WA Country Health Service
12 Nov 201410:30 AMWestern Austrlalia PoliceMr Craig Ward, Detective Superintendent James Migro
25 Feb 201510:30 AMMeeting Room 2Department of Agriculture and FoodMr Rob Delane (Director General), Mr Viv Read (Director Biosecurity and Regulation), Ms I-Lyn Loo (Senior Policy Officer, Invasive Species)
18 Mar 201510:30 AMMeeting Room 4Department of HealthProfessor Bryant Stokes (Acting Director General),Ms Angela Kelly (A/Executive Director, Resources and Performance), Mr Phillip Aylward (Chief Executive, Child and Adolescent Health Services)
06 May 201510:30 AMMeeting Room 4Department of HealthProfessor Bryant Stokes (Acting Director General), Mrs Rebecca Brown (Assistance Director General, Reform), Mr Michael D’Souza (Acting Chief Information Officer, Health Information Network)
16 Mar 201610:00 AMMeeting Room 1Housing Authority
14 Sep 201610:45 AMMeeting Room 2Housing AuthorityMr Paul Whyte (Acting Director General - Housing), Mr Greg Cash (General Manager – Service Delivery), Mr Peter Lonsdale (Director Client Services North & Aboriginal Housing), Mr Craig Newton (Manager Aboriginal Planning & Programs)
Videos:
Related Transcripts of Evidence:
• Evidence by Mr Grahame Searle (Director General, Department of Housing), Mr Steve Parry (General Manager, Service Delivery, Department of Housing), Mrs Sarah Ronald (Director, Housing Maintenance, Department of Housing) on 16/10/2013
• Evidence by Professor Bryant Stokes (Acting Director General, Department of Health), Mr Wayne Salvage (Executive Director, Resource Strategy, Department of Health), Mr Graeme Jones (Chief Financial Officer, Department of Health) Mr Bill Leonard (Acting Chief Information Officer, Department of Health), Mr Jordan Kelly (Acting Executive Director Corporate Services, WA Country Health Service) and Mr Colin Xanthis (Director Performance Activity and Quality, Department of Health) on 26/02/2014
• Evidence by Mr Craig Ward (Assistant Commissioner, State Crime, Western Australia Police), Detective Superintendent James Migro (Divisional Officer, Licensing Enforcement Division, Western Australia Police) on 12/11/2014
• Evidence by Mr Robert Delane (Director General, Department of Agriculture and Food), Mr Vivian Read (Director, Invasive Species, Department of Agriculture and Food), Ms I-Lyn Loo (Senior Policy Officer, Department of Agriculture and Food) on 25/02/2015
• Evidence by Professor Bryant Stokes (Director General, Department of Health), Mr Philip Aylward (Chief Executive, Child and Adolescent Health Service), Ms Angela Kelly (Acting Executive Director, Resourcing and Performance Division, Department of Health), Ms Lisa Brenna (Executive Director, Child and Adolescent Health Service), Mr Jeffrey Moffet (Chief Executive, WA Country Health Service), Ms Melissa Vernon (Chief Operating Officer, WA Country Health Service) on 18/03/2015
• Evidence by Professor Bryant Stokes (Acting Director General, Department of Health), Mrs Rebecca Brown (Assistant Director General, Reform, Department of Health), Mr Michael D'Souza (Acting Chief Information Officer, Health Information Network) on 06/05/2015
• Evidence by Mr Paul Whtye (Acting Chief Executive Officer, Housing Authority), Mr Gregory Cash (General Manager Service Delivery, Housing Authority) on 16/03/2016
• Evidence by Mr Paul Whyte (Acting Chief Executive Officer, Housing Authority), Mr Peter Lonsdale (Director, Aboriginal Housing, Housing Authority), Mr Gary Shaw (Acting Director, Land and Housing Construction, Housing Authority), Mr Greg Cash (General Manager, Service Delivery, Housing Authority), Mr Nigel Hindmarsh (Acting General Manager, Commercial Operations, Housing Authority), Mr Graham McCafferty (Manager, Essential Services, Housing Authority), Mr Craig Newton (Manager, Planning and Programs, Housing Authority) on 14/09/2016
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